⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 21 rebounds to 10- Made four threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 5:39 · WSH 20-13 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 10:22 · WSH 35-23 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 3:30 · WSH 102-83 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:22 · WSH 20-21 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 1:04 · WSH 79-65 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
